How To Keep Possums Off Your Roof

Even if possums pose no real physical danger to you or your family it can tear up your residence and office and cause an overall nuisance that could disturb the quality your life.

How to keep possums off your roof.

If you have a compost pile keep it sealed up and pick any fruit that trees in your yard produce before the possums do. These possum removal tips can help you keep possums off your property and away from your garden and trees in your yards. If you have possums in your crawlspaces such as your roof or under your house you may need to physically remove them. They are excellent climbers with their opposable thumbs.

The females often seek out a safe place to live once they have young and a possum on the roof is often a possum that is seeking to live in your attic. If they are getting into your roof sleeping on top of your roof under solar panels or in open gable areas give us a call and we can give you a quote to block off the areas. All you need is some 9x32mm pipe insulation foam. Opossums do occasionally go on the roof.

Live holding traps capture possums without hurting or killing them. They are preferable to quick kill traps. Cut back trees that are growing near you home so possums don t have easy access to your roof. Ensure your trash is covered properly and inaccessible and any pet food is inside or where possums cannot access it.

Get a live holding trap from a big box home improvement store or from an online retailer. So here s an easy way i devised to keep possums off your roof if they re getting onto it via a cable like your power line. Possums will only be on your roof regularly for three reasons they are living in your roof they are living on your roof or they are using your roof to get from a to b.